Friday, November 30, 2018
As good jobs for those with only a high school diploma continue to decline, the associate degree offers high school graduates the most efficient option for upward mobility. But options alone aren’t enough to advance in this economy. Students need...
Friday, November 16, 2018
Education plus experience equals opportunity. That’s one of the biggest takeaways from efforts across the country to improve students career readiness. And it is a lesson that is on display every day in high-quality youth apprenticeship programs. We must build...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
The movement to expand career readiness is growing across the country. After reviewing all fifty-one state Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans for our new joint brief, “Mapping Career Readiness in State ESSA Plans,” we found that almost all include...
Friday, November 17, 2017
My high school and college agriculture programs taught wonderful courses in welding—courses that were grounded in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and of course, vocational practice. As valuable as these classes were to earning a degree in agriculture science, neither could compare...
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Career readiness is now significantly more meaningful for thousands of schools—and students—across the country. Thirty-seven of the 51 state Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability plans include some measure of career readiness, and an additional four states are planning to include...